.NET Core Job Trends in England

.NET Core
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring .NET Core skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 312 155
Rank change year-on-year +92 -157 -2
Permanent jobs citing .NET Core 773 396 1,587
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.89% 0.92% 1.78%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 8.43% 4.95% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 747 334 1,432
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,313 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -8.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,250 £106,250 £93,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -4.17%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

.NET Core falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,172 8,003 17,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.56% 18.52% 19.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7,013 5,426 13,770
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -9.13%

.NET Core
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing .NET Core relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

.NET Core job vacancy trend in England

.NET Core
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing .NET Core

.NET Core
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing .NET Core in England over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for .NET Core in England

.NET Core
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Core within the England region over the 6 months to 10 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +89 195 £55,000 +10.00% 52
North of England +22 168 £55,000 -8.33% 42
East of England +78 114 £62,500 +13.64% 25
Midlands +43 110 £55,000 -8.33% 23
London -86 94 £82,500 - 61
South West +4 88 £52,500 - 12
North West +1 70 £50,000 -16.67% 23
North East +6 67 £65,000 +33.33% 9
West Midlands +23 62 £55,000 -8.33% 13
East Midlands +14 48 £55,000 +4.76% 10
Yorkshire -26 31 £55,000 -8.33% 11
.NET Core
UK

.NET Core
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 21 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.29%) IIS
3 7 (0.91%) CMS
4 4 (0.52%) Confluence
4 4 (0.52%) Sitecore CMS
4 4 (0.52%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.39%) DNN
5 3 (0.39%) EPiServer
5 3 (0.39%) Immediacy CMS
5 3 (0.39%) Kentico
5 3 (0.39%) Sitefinity
6 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Magento
1 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 613 (79.30%) Azure
2 196 (25.36%) Azure DevOps
3 143 (18.50%) GitHub
4 132 (17.08%) Azure AI
5 131 (16.95%) AWS
5 131 (16.95%) GitHub Copilot
6 63 (8.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 53 (6.86%) Azure Logic Apps
8 42 (5.43%) SaaS
9 41 (5.30%) Power Platform
10 34 (4.40%) Serverless
11 27 (3.49%) Power Automate
11 27 (3.49%) PowerApps
12 26 (3.36%) Azure Monitor
13 23 (2.98%) Azure Functions
13 23 (2.98%) Azure Service Bus
14 22 (2.85%) Azure Data Factory
15 19 (2.46%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
15 19 (2.46%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 47 (6.08%) Internet
2 7 (0.91%) Hyperconnected
3 3 (0.39%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.26%) Firewall
5 1 (0.13%) AMQP
5 1 (0.13%) HTTP
5 1 (0.13%) Modbus
5 1 (0.13%) Network Security
5 1 (0.13%) SSL
5 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 447 (57.83%) Azure SQL Database
2 371 (47.99%) MongoDB
3 146 (18.89%) Elasticsearch
4 139 (17.98%) SQL Server
5 36 (4.66%) Power BI
6 12 (1.55%) MySQL
6 12 (1.55%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.42%) NonStop SQL
8 8 (1.03%) Redis
9 7 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (0.91%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.65%) GIS
12 4 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.39%) MariaDB
14 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
14 1 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 37 (4.79%) Git
2 12 (1.55%) JIRA
3 7 (0.91%) GitLab
4 5 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.52%) MSI
6 3 (0.39%) Claude Code
6 3 (0.39%) NUnit
6 3 (0.39%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.39%) Vite
7 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.26%) Postman
7 2 (0.26%) webpack
8 1 (0.13%) MSTest
8 1 (0.13%) Selenium
8 1 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 115 (14.88%) Finance
2 56 (7.24%) Advertising
3 52 (6.73%) Social Skills
4 46 (5.95%) Games
5 40 (5.17%) Marketing
6 32 (4.14%) Retail
7 19 (2.46%) Banking
8 14 (1.81%) Aerospace
9 12 (1.55%) Analytical Skills
10 11 (1.42%) Music Industry
11 9 (1.16%) Automotive
11 9 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.16%) Law
12 8 (1.03%) Front Office
13 7 (0.91%) Legal
14 5 (0.65%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.65%) Public Sector
15 4 (0.52%) Back Office
15 4 (0.52%) Electronics
15 4 (0.52%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 653 (84.48%) Developer
2 522 (67.53%) .NET Developer
3 104 (13.45%) Senior
4 88 (11.38%) Software Developer
5 62 (8.02%) Senior Developer
6 60 (7.76%) C# Developer
7 50 (6.47%) C# .NET Developer
8 45 (5.82%) Lead
8 45 (5.82%) Software Engineer
9 39 (5.05%) Full-Stack Developer
10 30 (3.88%) Lead Developer
11 26 (3.36%) .NET Software Engineer
12 23 (2.98%) .NET Software Developer
12 23 (2.98%) Senior Software Developer
13 20 (2.59%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 20 (2.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 19 (2.46%) Senior Software Engineer
15 18 (2.33%) Senior .NET Developer
16 17 (2.20%) Azure Engineer
16 17 (2.20%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 773 (100.00%) .NET
2 495 (64.04%) ASP.NET
3 439 (56.79%) ASP.NET Core
4 213 (27.55%) HTML
5 210 (27.17%) CSS
6 208 (26.91%) Entity Framework
7 201 (26.00%) Blazor
8 196 (25.36%) React
9 176 (22.77%) AngularJS
9 176 (22.77%) Vue
10 174 (22.51%) RESTful
11 172 (22.25%) ASP.NET Web API
12 156 (20.18%) Node.js
13 132 (17.08%) ML.NET
14 131 (16.95%) .NET Framework
15 108 (13.97%) LINQ
16 59 (7.63%) REST
17 43 (5.56%) JSON
18 31 (4.01%) WPF
19 21 (2.72%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 88 (11.38%) Greenfield Project
2 54 (6.99%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (2.59%) Digital TV
4 17 (2.20%) iPhone
4 17 (2.20%) Mobile App
5 16 (2.07%) Cloud Native
6 14 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (1.81%) Hedge funds
7 13 (1.68%) Product Ownership
7 13 (1.68%) Sports Betting
8 12 (1.55%) Social Network
9 11 (1.42%) BBC
9 11 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.42%) Social Media
10 9 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 8 (1.03%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.91%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.91%) Client/Server
13 6 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.65%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.20%) Android
2 14 (1.81%) Windows
3 12 (1.55%) VMS
4 3 (0.39%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 517 (66.88%) Full-Stack Development
2 395 (51.10%) Agile
3 248 (32.08%) CI/CD
4 230 (29.75%) DevOps
5 199 (25.74%) Microservices
6 156 (20.18%) AI
7 152 (19.66%) Machine Learning
8 143 (18.50%) Multithreading
9 96 (12.42%) Software Engineering
10 85 (11.00%) Scrum
11 82 (10.61%) TDD
12 80 (10.35%) OO
13 68 (8.80%) BDD
14 58 (7.50%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
15 57 (7.37%) Kanban
16 55 (7.12%) SDLC
17 53 (6.86%) User Experience
18 52 (6.73%) Analytics
19 49 (6.34%) Business Intelligence
20 47 (6.08%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 733 (94.83%) C#
2 535 (69.21%) SQL
3 242 (31.31%) JavaScript
4 214 (27.68%) TypeScript
5 37 (4.79%) PowerShell
6 20 (2.59%) Python
7 13 (1.68%) T-SQL
8 11 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (0.65%) Bicep
9 5 (0.65%) Java
10 4 (0.52%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.39%) Bash
11 3 (0.39%) PHP
11 3 (0.39%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.13%) C++
12 1 (0.13%) Delphi
12 1 (0.13%) F#
12 1 (0.13%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 43 (5.56%) Degree
2 21 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.03%) Security Cleared
4 5 (0.65%) SC Cleared
5 4 (0.52%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.39%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.26%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.26%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.98%) QA
2 19 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.65%) WCAG
4 4 (0.52%) NCSC
5 3 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.26%) GDPR
6 2 (0.26%) ITGC
6 2 (0.26%) SLA
7 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 191 (24.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 179 (23.16%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.07%) Terraform
3 2 (0.26%) Ansible
Vendors
1 507 (65.59%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.73%) Facebook
3 41 (5.30%) Google
4 21 (2.72%) YouTube
5 19 (2.46%) Adobe
6 11 (1.42%) Apple
6 11 (1.42%) Sony
6 11 (1.42%) Yahoo!
7 6 (0.78%) OpenAI
8 4 (0.52%) Sitecore
8 4 (0.52%) Workday
9 3 (0.39%) Alterian
9 3 (0.39%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.39%) Optimizely
9 3 (0.39%) Splunk
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle
10 2 (0.26%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.13%) Bloomberg
11 1 (0.13%) IBM
11 1 (0.13%) Reuters